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Anti-EU government takes power in Italy
Jun 01, 2018 18:45Italy’s anti-EU populist government has been sworn in after months of political turmoil, averting new snap elections.
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Italy's anti-EU populist parties reach deal to form govt.
Jun 01, 2018 07:24Italy's populist parties will be sworn in to power on Friday in Rome after they reached a new coalition deal, narrowly avoiding snap elections and setting in motion an anti-austerity government in the eurozone's third largest economy.
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PM-Designate Conte reads out list of ministers; President says thank you
Jun 01, 2018 07:03Italy's Prime Minister-designate Giuseppe Conte named his cabinet on Thursday (May 31), with the chiefs of the anti-establishment parties backing his coalition government in key ministerial roles.
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Italian president appoints ex-IMF official Cottarelli as PM, gives him mandate to form govt.
May 28, 2018 16:00Italian President Sergio Mattarella has appointed Carlo Cottarelli, a former senior director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as prime minister, giving him mandate to form a government ahead of snap elections in the country, which has been without a government for two months.
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Train crash near Italy's Turin leaves at least two killed, 20 wounded
May 24, 2018 12:00A regional train plowed into a big-rig truck stopped on the tracks outside the northern Italian city of Turin late Wednesday, killing at least two people and injuring some 20 others, authorities said.
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Envoy: Italy eager to bolster long-term cooperation with Iran
May 22, 2018 14:26Italian Ambassador to Tehran, Mauro Conchatori, underlined his country's willingness to expand long-term cooperation with Iran, declaring that representatives of 7 Italian energy companies will travel to Iran early summer.
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France urges Italy to stick to its EU commitments
May 20, 2018 16:44French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire has warned that if a new populist government in Italy wants to evade its financial commitments regarding the European Union, it would put the entire eurozone economy at risk.
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Fears of fresh EU crisis as Italian parties agree basis for govt. deal
May 18, 2018 04:42Italy's two anti-establishment parties agreed the basis for a governing accord on Thursday that would slash taxes, ramp up welfare spending and pose the biggest challenge to the European Union since Britain voted to leave the bloc two years ago.
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Italy’s ENI says Trump’s JCPOA exit to destabilize oil markets
May 13, 2018 12:05Italy’s energy giant ENI says it expects the re-imposition of sanctions against Iran to create disruptions in oil markets as a result of which investors would eventually suffer.
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Stalemate leading Italy to repeat of parliamentary elections
May 08, 2018 08:00Italy’s two largest political parties have rejected a call by President Sergio Mattarella to agree to a “neutral government,” leading the country toward a possible repeat of parliamentary elections.